“These mar­kets and CSAs cre­ate food ac­cess, classes, em­ploy­ment and events [to the neigh­bor­hood],” he said in a phone in­ter­view Fri­day.

Cus­tom­ers pay at the be­gin­ning of the sea­son for a box of loc­al pro­duce every week, from May to Oc­to­ber.

For a half share of pro­duce, the price is $325; for a full share, it’s $600, and for a fruit-only share, it’s $220.

The CSA pickup on Fri­days, be­gin­ning Fri­day, May 24, is at Caf&ea­cute; Chiamosa, 900 N. 4th St., and the farm­er’s mar­ket will be at Liberty Lands, on the 3rd Street side, be­gin­ning on May 30.

The CSA food is a mix from Neigh­bor­hood Foods’ West Philly farm, its South Philly farm, and a 45-acre farm in Lan­caster. For all the op­tions of food, vis­it neigh­bor­hood­foods.org/csa.html.

Cus­tom­ers can use EBT cards for pur­chas­ing, as well as FM­NP vouch­ers — avail­able in Ju­ly, they are vouch­ers for seni­ors and low-in­come fam­il­ies — and if a cus­tom­er uses an EBT card, for every $5 they spend, they get back $2.

“By us­ing an EBT card, you’re really sav­ing 40 per­cent,” Baird said. “The pur­pose [of the CSA] is to en­gage a mix of people across all dif­fer­ent types of in­come.”

The great thing about Liberty Lands, Baird con­tin­ued, is that it was a re­pur­posed va­cant lot.

“That’s out pride and joy farm,” Baird said of Neigh­bor­hood Foods’ own pro­duce hub. “It used to be just an aw­ful va­cant lot, now it’s this beau­ti­ful farm.”

“This is why we need to be tak­ing va­cant lots and turn­ing them in­to gar­dens,” Baird con­tin­ued.